clownboy
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Well, what you did is call him a thug, then accused him of telling a story that someone coached him to say. That's also known as lying. If his story is the truth as he recalls it, and you believe it, then why would you assume that a story truthfully told has been coached? Few of us faced with a camera are eloquent, but you've taken someone who can't tell a story on camera as smoothly as a news anchor and assumed because he can't that he's lying or repeating a coached account. It's funny in a sad/pathetic way.
And now you're telling me based on nothing more concrete than his language that he's 'no angel.' How many ways can you negatively stereotype Johnson? Are you shooting for a record of baseless allegations of character flaws in one thread?
You're really making no sense. The kid is a thug whose story has been coached, but you believe him? OK, I do too. But because I do, I must assume his story is his and an accurate account of what happened (as best he can recall) and not the story concocted by a slick lawyer for some nefarious purpose.
You make so many assumptions in that post that it's hard to detail one by one. YOUR assumptions are all on you. He was so obviously couched. He presents his account like a professional talking head. I did not assume that his account was made up, but I do think details have been smoothed over to make himself and Brown to sound totally innocent in the matter. For instance, I don't think they accidentally kicked the cruiser door closed.
What makes no sense to you is that Brown and perhaps Johnson probably weren't as angelic as you're making them out to be in this situation. That doesn't make Brown any less a victim of murder. However wrong the officer was, and he was very wrong to kill Brown, Brown, and maybe Johnson, played a part here.